Horrible spot facing a massive bet on the river

ballboy

Arteta4	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£8.65
FLOOK	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£6.17
	Your hole cards	A A
al4jon26	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£14.45
JINTY	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£17.99
coko72	Fold
ballboy	Raise		£0.40	£0.75	£8.80
Arteta4	Fold
FLOOK	Fold
al4jon26	Call		£0.30	£1.05	£14.15
JINTY	Fold
Flop
		6 4 9
al4jon26	Check
ballboy	Bet		£0.70	£1.75	£8.10
al4jon26	Call		£0.70	£2.45	£13.45
Turn
		10
al4jon26	Check
ballboy	Bet		£1.84	£4.29	£6.26
al4jon26	Call		£1.84	£6.13	£11.61
River
		4
al4jon26	Bet		£6.13	£12.26	£5.48
ballboy	Fold
al4jon26	Muck
al4jon26	Win		£5.67		£11.15
al4jon26	Return		£6.13	£0.46	£17.28

ballboy

What does everyone think. Is this a call? or did I make the right decision?

i think on the river I was initially thinking of checking behind with there being a pair on the board and a possible flush as well. There are a lot of semi bluffs he could be making as well if he has a hand like 7-8 or some kind of 2 pair. I think given I have AA and bet big on both streets its probably the right move to win big. Its all about winning big pots and he probably thought his big bet was being called.

Dudeskin8

Looks good to me, called for flush and bets out knowing you could well check behind.

Anything you beat will usually check to you.

BorinLoner

I don't think you raised enough pre-flop. I think you need to try to get it heads-up to the flop and you'll get more value if you raise just a little more. Yes, I see that you did get it heads-up with the raise to 40, but I think most of the time you'll get both limpers calling. I'd make it just a little bit more; probably between 50p and 60p.

Aside from that one little quibble, the question is about the river. I think we can assume there aren't many 4's in his range, apart from 44, so what could he be making this bet with? I actually think the play looks more like a flopped set than a flush. I think his effective shove on the river looks like he's hoping that YOU have hit the flush on the river and will pay him off. Most players won't wait until the river to make a bluff. I think we can be confident that 9T isn't going to check-call the turn and then shove this river that's so terrible for his hand and 9T is probably the best hand we can beat.

It could be a lunatic making a wild bluff with air but you'd need significant reads to believe that. Even then I think you should still fold and tap the table. It's just so unlikely to be a bluff. Straights, flushes, houses and quads are more likely... and two pair hands would surely be terrified by this river.

hurst05

mr dealer sir. i bet POT. expert.

.....Fold

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